{"topic_id":"fediaf_historical_2025_dog_per_1000kcal_me","category":"fediaf-historical","context":"---\ntopic_id: fediaf_historical_2025_dog_per_1000kcal_me\ncategory: fediaf-historical\ntitle: \"FEDIAF 2025 Nutritional Guidelines — recommended nutrient levels for complete dog food (TABLE III-3b, unit per 1000 kcal of metabolisable energy (ME))\"\nlang: en\nsource: \"FEDIAF Nutritional Guidelines 2025\"\nsource_file: pdf-raw/fediaf-historical/fediaf_nutritional_guidelines_2025.txt\ndate_parsed: 2026-09-21\ntokens_estimated: 2796\nverified: true\nverification: c1_substring\nsource_document: \"FEDIAF historical nutrient tables\"\ncitation:\n authority: \"FEDIAF — Nutritional Guidelines for Pet Food\"\n title: \"FEDIAF 2025 Nutritional Guidelines — recommended nutrient levels for complete dog food (TABLE III-3b, unit per 1000 kcal of metabolisable energy (ME))\"\n url: \"\"\n retrieved: \"2026-09-21\"\n ref: \"\"\n doc_type: \"official PDF\"\n needs_review: true\nauthority_tier: T1\nauthority_tier_basis: \"T1:std-body\"\nauthority_tier_date: 2026-09-21\n---\n\nFEDIAF (European Pet Food) publishes nutrient-based trade guidelines for complete pet foods. This topic reproduces **TABLE III-3b — recommended nutrient levels for complete dog food, unit per 1000 kcal of metabolisable energy (ME)** from the FEDIAF 2025 Nutritional Guidelines (Publication September 2025). This is the same recommended-level dataset as the dry-matter table (`fediaf_historical_2025_dog_adult_maintenance`, Table III-3a) expressed on an **energy basis**: per 1000 kcal ME. As the table header states, maximum levels are given only on a dry-matter basis (see Table III-3a); the right-hand column therefore repeats the legal/nutritional maxima markers without DM values. Levels reflect minimum recommended amounts including a safety margin; they are not minimum requirements.\n\nThe table below is a verbatim continuous slice of TABLE III-3b from the source PDF text.\n\n```\n\f TABLE III-3b.\n Recommended nutrient levels for complete dog food\n Unit per 1000 kcal of metabolisable energy (ME)\n Minimum Recommended Level Maximum\n\n Nutrient UNIT Adult based on MER of Early Growth (L) = EU legal limit\n Late Growth\n (< 14 weeks) & (given only on DM basis, see table III-3a)\n 95 kcal/kg 0.75\n 110 kcal/kg 0.75 (≥ 14 weeks)\n Reproduction (N) = nutritional\n Protein* g 52.10 45.00 62.50 50.00 -\n Arginine* g 1.51 1.30 2.04 1.84 -\n Histidine g 0.67 0.58 0.98 0.63 -\n Isoleucine g 1.33 1.15 1.63 1.25 -\n Leucine g 2.37 2.05 3.23 2.00 -\n Lysine* g 1.22 1.05 2.20 1.75 Growth:\t\t 7.00 (N)\n Methionine* g 1.16 1.00 0.88 0.65 -\n Methionine + cystine* g 2.21 1.91 1.75 1.33 -\n Phenylalanine g 1.56 1.35 1.63 1.25 -\n Phenylalanine + tyrosine* g 2.58 2.23 3.25 2.50 -\n Threonine g 1.51 1.30 2.03 1.60 -\n Tryptophan g 0.49 0.43 0.58 0.53 -\n Valine g 1.71 1.48 1.70 1.40 -\n Fat* g 13.75 13.75 21.25 21.25 -\n Linoleic acid (ω-6)* g 3.82 3.27 3.25 3.25 Early Growth: 16.25 (N)\n Arachidonic acid (ω-6)* mg - - 75.00 75.00 -\n Alpha-linolenic acid (ω-3)* g - - 0.20 0.20 -\n EPA + DHA (ω-3)* g - - 0.13 0.13 -\n Minerals\n Adult:\t\t 6.25 (N)\n 2.00a\n Calcium* g 1.45 1.25 2.50 Early growth: 4.00 (N)\n 2.50b\n Late growth: 4.50 (N)\n Adult:\t\t 4.00 (N)\n Phosphorus* g 1.16 1.00 2.25 1.75 h\n\n\n Adult:\t\t 2/1 (N)\n Early growth & reprod.: 1.6/1 (N)\n Ca / P ratio 1/1\n Late growth: 1.8/1a (N) or\n \t\t1.6/1b (N)\n Potassium g 1.45 1.25 1.10 1.10 -\n Sodium* g 0.29 0.25 0.55 0.55 \t\t\n c\n\n\n Chloride g 0.43 0.38 0.83 0.83 c\n\n\n Magnesium g 0.20 0.18 0.10 0.10 -\n Trace elements* \t\t\n Copper* mg 2.08 1.80 2.75 2.75 \t\t(L)\n Iodine* mg 0.30 0.26 0.38 0.38 \t\t(L)\n Iron* mg 10.40 9.00 22.00 22.00 \t\t(L)\n Manganese mg 1.67 1.44 1.40 1.40 \t\t(L)\n Selenium* (wet diets) µg 67.50 57.50 100.00 100.00 \t\t(L)\n Selenium* (dry diets) µg 55.00 45.00 100.00 100.00 \t\t(L)\n Zinc* mg 20.80 18.00 25.00 25.00 \t\t(L)\n Vitamins\n Vitamin A* IU 1 754 1 515 1 250 1 250 100 000 (N)\n \t\t(L)\n Vitamin D* IU 159.00 138.00 138.00 125.00\n 800.00 (N)\n Vitamin E* IU 10.40 9.00 12.50 12.50\n Vitamin B1 (Thiamine)* mg 0.62 0.54 0.45 0.45 -\n Vitamin B2 (Riboflavin)* mg 1.74 1.50 1.05 1.05 -\n Vitamin B5 (Pantothenic acid)* mg 4.11 3.55 3.00 3.00 -\n Vitamin B6 (Pyridoxine)* mg 0.42 0.36 0.30 0.30 -\n Vitamin B12 (Cyanocobalamin)* µg 9.68 8.36 7.00 7.00 -\n Vitamin B3 (Niacin)* mg 4.74 4.09 3.40 3.40 -\n Vitamin B9 (Folic acid)* µg 74.70 64.50 54.00 54.00 -\n Vitamin B7 (Biotin)* µg - - - - -\n Choline mg 474.00 409.00 425.00 425.00 -\n Vitamin K* µg - - - - -\n\n When a nutrient has an asterisk (*), additional information and substantiation references are available in Chapter 3.3.1.\n and 3.3.2. Footnotes a-h are summarised below Table III-4c.\n\n16 of 98 Page FEDIAF Nutritional Guidelines | Publication September 2025\n```\n\nSource: `pdf-raw/fediaf-historical/fediaf_nutritional_guidelines_2025.txt` (faithful `pdftotext -layout` extraction of `pdf-raw/fediaf-historical/fediaf_nutritional_guidelines_2025.pdf`).\n\n## Claims (verified C1 substrings of source_file)\n- `\f TABLE III-3b.`\n- ` Unit per 1000 kcal of metabolisable energy (ME)`\n- ` Protein* g 52.10 45.00 62.50 50.00 -`\n- ` Calcium* g 1.45 1.25 2.50 Early growth: 4.00 (N)`\n- ` Vitamin D* IU 159.00 138.00 138.00 125.00`\n- ` Choline mg 474.00 409.00 425.00 425.00 -`\n- `16 of 98 Page FEDIAF Nutritional Guidelines | Publication September 2025`\n","sources":["FEDIAF — Nutritional Guidelines for Pet Food — FEDIAF 2025 Nutritional Guidelines — recommended nutrient levels for complete dog food (TABLE III-3b, unit per 1000 kcal of metabolisable energy (ME)) (retrieved 2026-09-21)"],"source":{"authority":"FEDIAF — Nutritional Guidelines for Pet Food","title":"FEDIAF 2025 Nutritional Guidelines — recommended nutrient levels for complete dog food (TABLE III-3b, unit per 1000 kcal of metabolisable energy (ME))","url":"https://europeanpetfood.org/nutrition/","retrieved":"2026-09-21","ref":"","doc_type":"official PDF","source_document":"FEDIAF historical nutrient tables","verification_file":"pdf-raw/fediaf-historical/fediaf_nutritional_guidelines_2025.txt"},"source_document":"FEDIAF historical nutrient tables","source_file":"pdf-raw/fediaf-historical/fediaf_nutritional_guidelines_2025.txt","trust":{"authority_tier":"T1","fidelity":"verbatim","license":null,"display_grade":"A"},"tokens_estimated":2796,"generated_at":null,"tip":"Use /api/v1/topics to discover more topics. /api/v1/nutrient for precise single-point queries. /api/v1/cross_compare for 2-3 standard comparisons.","structured_data":{"note":"The nutrient values in this topic are also available as structured data — faster and exact, no text parsing needed.","compare":"/api/v1/cross_compare?standards=AAFCO,FEDIAF,KFDA&species=dog&lifestage=adult&nutrient=protein&basis=DM","coverage":"Standards: AAFCO (year>=2014), FEDIAF (year>=2025), EU PARNUT (year>=2020), KFDA/NIAS Korea (year>=2024). species: dog|cat. lifestage: adult|GR (growth/puppy/kitten map to growth-reproduction). basis: DM|cal.","single":"/api/v1/nutrient?standard=FEDIAF&year=2025&species=dog&lifestage=adult&nutrient=protein&basis=DM","batch":"/api/v1/batch_nutrient?standard=FEDIAF&year=2025&species=dog&lifestage=adult&nutrients=protein,fat,calcium,phosphorus&basis=DM"}}